ABSTRACT
When a philosopher declares time and space to be unreal, he or she risks being ignored; and when, in addition, relations and qualities are rejected as irrational, the philosopher secures oblivion, at least among those who appreciate logical thinking as a means for achieving truth rather than relying upon intuition or revelation. It is, therefore, ironical that F. H. Bradley, who devoted so much to the study of logic, should be a philosopher who has derived such unhappy conclusions from his logical investigations. A model of sorts will be offered in terms of which Bradley’s harmony is intelligible, and space, time, causation, and things will be seen as logically derivative and not the fundamental features of reality. It is hoped that the model in capturing Bradley’s central claims will have the effect of unpacking Bradley’s metaphor, so as to reveal that the Absolute as he construes it is, indeed, rational even if ineffable per se.
